The Palace of Fine Arts
Oliver H.
paper, pencil and eraser
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My favorite part of drawing and sketching is being able to create scenarios in my head and escape the intimidating environments and situations that life brings. The exciting scenarios I create in my head work as a prompt that leads to my process, and style. As I arrived at the Palace of Fine Arts, one of many impressive architectures of San Francisco, a necessary prompt appeared to me. After responding to pressure all day, I needed to de-stress, allowing an electric build-up to release from my body and hands, and into my paper. Not only was I making the prompt in my head, but I was living in it too. I needed to feel a race of speed and messiness. The prompt in my head was to draw as fast I could, with no constrictions or rules. To capture the view as rapidly as I could was the goal. My artwork represents no boundaries or worrisome, but just my pure joy of capturing the general shapes and shadows of the architecture.
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Personally, creativity means overcoming obstacles by diverting conforming behavior. Indeed, creativity is sparked by inspiration, visions, and emotion resulting in the creation of unique ideas, movement, speech, and overall, creation. To follow or conform would be to terminate all creativity. A world without creativity is a world without originality.
